Motif
Abandoning failed ranged weapon for close combat arms
abandoning_failed_ranged_weapon_for_close_combat_arms
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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The Iliad JUNO DECEIVES JUPITER BY THE GIRDLE OF VENUS. / BOOK XV. / ARGUMENT. / THE FIFTH BATTLE AT THE SHIPS; AND THE ACTS OF AJAX.; lines 14800-14931 confidence: medium
Ajax replies that heaven commands it; Teucer should dismiss bow and arrows, take shield and lance, and fight in the first ranks.
After divine disruption of the bow, Ajax commands Teucer to lay aside the bow and take shield and lance; Teucer does so.
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